Belt for trousers



March 5, 1968 M. ALLAIN 3,371,351

BELT FOR TROUSER 5 Filed Jan. 18, 1967 INVENTOR.

MAURICE ALLAIN BY flaw WM ATTORNEYS United States Patent ()fiice3,371,351 Patented Mar. 5, 1968 3,371,351 BELT FGR TROUSERS MauriceAllain, 11 Blain St., Acushnet, Mass. @2743 Filed Jan. 18, 1967, Ser.No. 610,078 4 Claims. (Cl. 2--338) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A beltcomprising two sections with a rope of substantial length connecting theends of the two sections around the back of the body to provide astorage for an extended length of rope which may be detached for someadditional usage. The two sections are detachably connected in the frontin any conventional manner.

Background of the invention Belts for supporting trousers are usually ofa length just sufiicient to go about the waist of the wearer. In somecases there is some sort of a takeup means for size adjustment, but I amaware of no construction that provides an extended length of cord, suchfor example as over 25 or 30 feet, which may be detached from the beltand serve for various uses such as may occur in many sports, such ashunting, boating or the like.

Summary Many times a hunter needs a length of rope for handling gamewhich he has obtained. Such a rope is provided in a belt by providingshort sections of a belt of usual construction and connecting thesesections by continuous length of rope or cord laced back and forth between eyelets or openings in the sections, thus providing the necessarylength which may be desired under different circumstances. When suchrope is removed, an additional length may connect the two belt sectionstogether so that the belt still may be worn while the rope is beingutilized for another use.

Descriptions of the drawings FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the beltincorporating this invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the manner of lacing the ropeback and forth between the openings which are provided in the beltsections; and

FIG. 3 is a showing of one means of enlarging one end.

Description of the preferred embodiments With reference to the drawings,there are two sections and 11 provided of leather or other suitablebelting material. The section 11 is provided with a buckle 12 having atongue 13, while the section 10 is of a size which may be threadedthrough the buckle 12 with the tongue 13 of the buckle passing throughany one of the selected openings 14 depending upon the encircling sizewhich is desired for holding the trousers in position. Other convenientmeans may be used for detachably connecting these front ends of thesections together.

The section 10 is provided with a plurality of openings or eyelets 15which are here shown in two rows 16 and 17 extending laterally acrossthe leather belt. The row 16 is staggered with reference to the row 17as the two rows are shown. Similarly, there are openings or eyelets 18in the end of section 11 in two rows 19 and 20 with the openings in row19 staggered with reference to the openings in row 20.

A cord may start in opening 21 in row 19 and extend around throughopening 22 in row 16, then back to opening 23 in row 19 and then back toopening 24 in row 17 and so forth back and forth between the openings inthe different rows picking first an opening in one row and then anopening in the next row which is staggered in relation thereto. Thelacing arrangement is shown more or less diagrammatically in FIG. 2where the cord designated as 39 is shown in an expanded relation toindicate the back and forth arrangement of the stretches of cord toprovide the extended length of cord between the two sections. The cordmay be of any suitable material. A convenient material is braided nylonwhich may be fused to enlarge an end as at 31 so as to hold the cordfrom being drawn through the eyelet. Both the start and finish ends maybe enlarged in this manner.

In some cases it may be desirable to connect the sections together by asecond cord which is designated as 35 and which is attached between thetwo center openings 36 and 37 in the two belt sections so that when thecord 30 is removed, the two belt sections will still be connectedtogether by the shorter cord 35 and the belt may still be worn forsupporting the trousers. In this case the shorter cord may be of elasticfor varying its length.

Bands which may be of a removable adhesive tape may be placed about thedifferent stretches of cord as they extend back and forth between theeyelets so as to hold the stretches of cord in the desired assembledrelation making a rather flat belt for engagement with the trousers.

For use it is merely necessary to sever the enlargement 31 from the endof the cord and unlace the cord 30 from the belt and put the cord to adifferent use. The second cord may then take the load of the belt untilthe cord 30 is returned to the belt. In this way a convenient and usefulstorage for a cord of substantial length is afforded.

I claim:

1. A belt for trousers comprising a pair of end belt sections, saidsections having means at one end to detachably secure their endstogether, said sections each having at their other ends a plurality ofopenings spaced laterally across the belt sections, a cord securing thesaid other ends of the sections together by lacing back and forththrough the openings in said section as a continuous length andcomprising the major portion of the belt length between said endsections whereby said cord may be unlaced from said sections to serve anadditional use.

2. A belt for trousers as in claim 1 wherein said openings are in aplurality of rows with the openings in one row staggered with relationto the openings in the next row.

3. A belt for trousers as in claim 1 wherein bands hold the portions ofthe cord between sections in generally parallel relation.

4. A belt for trousers as in claim 1 wherein a second additional shortercord is secured to and extends between said sections to hold themattached when the first said cord is removed from position.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 734,167 7/1903 Gaisman 2-3381,384,440 7/1921 Faust et a1. 2-338 X 3,142,844 8/1964 Murray 2-338 XJORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner. G. V. LARKIN, Examiner.

